Unknown gunmen have kidnapped a catholic priest, Rev. Fr. Paul Irikefe in Delta State.

The priest who arrived the state on Monday afternoon to attend the burial rites of his friend and colleague, Rev. Fr. Amaefule Chike, was said to have been kidnapped in Warri.

Father Irikefe is a lecturer with Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Major Seminary in Bodija, Ibadan, Oyo State.